Method of and apparatus for the manufacture of hollow articles of glassware.



ZATEHTEE 0m. 2, 1906.,

E. G. RIPLEY, METHOD C? AND APPARATUS FUR THE MANUFAfiTUR a DP HGLLQW ARTIGL 0E GLAS$WAREo APPLICATION mum mm. a. 1905.

mvzm'en WM Q WITNESSES UNITED STATES i r DANIEL c. RIPLEY, or rrrseuae, PENNSYLVANIA. 7

METHOD 'OF AND APPARATUS 'FOR THE MANUFACTURE or HOLLOW mmcrrs or GLASSWAREJ Specification of Letters Patent Patented out, 2,- 1906.

Application filed December 6, 1905. Serial No. 290,667. I H

in which Figure 1 is a sectional view of the pre 1 liminary mold in which the blank is shaped.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the final mold.

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the apparatus constructed in accordance with -m invention, and Fig. 4 isa sectional detai view of the protecting-gasket.

In the manufacture of glass articles by pressing a-blank and then blowing it by a subsequent operation into. the form of the finished article there is a limit to the size in which the articles can be made, and if this size be exceeded the original blank, being large, will be of ununiform temperature and will blow out unevenly in certain places, so as to prevent the expansion of the glass in the necessar manner. My invention overcomes this ifiiculty and enables glass articles of large size to be made in this manner.

In the practice of my invention I press or form a glass blank in a preliminary mold, then transfer it to a second larger moldcavity or otherwise bring the larger moldcavity in directrelation to the'glass blank and subject the glass blank to heat while in such position. When the blank has thus been properly heated, I subject it to airon the blow-mold.

ressure and ex and it to the desired form. he novelty of t 's operation cons sts mainly in the heating of the blank while n pos tion In the accompanying drawings, 2 re resents a press-mold in which the bla is formed, and 3 is a plunger which is operated by any suitable mechanism, and 4 5 are rings on the mold. .The plunger is brought down u on the glass inserted in the cavity of the mo (1 2 and the glass is ressed thereby,

so as to form a blank B. he (plunger and the ring 4 are then removed an the rmg 5,

which is so shaped as to fit the top edge of the blank B, is lifted, together with the blank, and is 1placed'upon ablow-mold 6." 'A head 7, whic the mold-cover 8,. isthena ought down b means of suitablemechanism, such ask-rec press-mold may be made in one part or is preferably associated with 9 and pinion 10, operated b I a hand-whe l of an equivalent, so that it f lbs-i -,1 v

to the blank 13, and a mixture'fof gasand air, which may be mixed-in a reservoir. 11', is ad nntted into the head .7 and is ignited-,- the flame passing downirom the mouth of the I head 7 impinging upon the blank and escapmg laterally under the edges of the cover 8.

temperature'the gas is shut on,

cover 8 is brought down on'the mold so as to, close the same,-as shown in Frg. 3, and air is.

blown in through the head 7,"so as to expand the blank B and'to cause it to fill the mold" 6. As a means of blockihg the blank to the blow-mold and to hold it firmly during the blowing I prefer to-use a ring 12, which may be faced with asbestos.

This will not only serve'tohold the blank during the blowing operation, but will also protect the edges of the blank from the flame, as the edges "of the blank need not be changed'in rsha e, and consequentl need not be heate The mold may a so be provided with a: verticallymovable bottomie'ce-13, operated by a I lever 14 or otherwise to assist in 'dislod g. the finished articleirom 'the mold.- he

several parts and the blank may be pressedas a flat blank or a hollow one. 1

Within thescope of .my invention as de made in the construction-of'the apparatus and inthe steps of the method, since What I clalm is, 1.. The method herein describedof making hollow articles of glassware, which consists in forming a blank, bringing the blank into, operative relation with a blow-mold, cirblank while in suchrela'tion, and. then ex.-"' panding the blank within said blow-mold.

- 2; The method herein described of making fined in the claims modifications may bej culating' hot currents through the hollowrod hollow articles of glassware, which consists o erative relation wane blow-mold, heating in forming a blank, bringing the blank into t e'interior of the blank by a flame while in I 1s)uch relation, and then expanding the same b arik in position during the blowm 3. The method herein described 0 making hollow articles of glassware, which consists" in forming a blank, bringing the blank into operative relation with a blowmold, problowing and holding the edges of the the edges of the blank, heating the I blank when in such relation by circulating hot currents through it and then expending the same.

4. in the manufacture of hollow glass articles, the steps consisting in bringing the hollow blank into operative relation with the mold, heating the interior of the blank 'while in such position by driving air and gas through an edniissiompi e, end igniting the mixture within the hla n and then cutting of? the gas and forcing in airv through. the same pipe, to expend the blenk; substantially asdeseribed.

5. The method of making hollmv glass articles, consisting informing a blank, bringing the blank into operative relation with the blow-mold, driving an igniting-current of gas and air'in the blank while in sueh relation, and then closing the top of the mold and driving an" alone in through the some tube to expend the blank; substantially as desoribod.

6. Apymretus for the-manufacture of glass were, comprising at blow-mold having a removable head, a moltl-oover, and means for.

troducing a flame into the mold through the head, and means for bringing the cover upon the mold and introducing air into the mold.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

DANIEL o. RlPLEY.

Witnesses Tirol/ms W. BAKEW'ELL, A. EH WALLACE. 

